搞
to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,912 U+641E
How 搞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 高 (phonetic, gāo)
How to remember it
engage in · Heisig RSH #1849
fingers + Eiffel Tower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 高
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 高 (gāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高 sound component | gāo | tall, lofty; high, elevated |
| 豪 | háo | brave, heroic, chivalrous |
| 膏 | gāo | grease, fat; ointment, paste |
| 稿 | gǎo | draft, manuscript, rough copy |
| 敲 | qiāo | to hammer, to pound, to strike |
| 镐 | hào | stove; bright |
| 蒿 | hāo | mugwort, wormwood, Artemisia; to give off a scent |
| 槁 | gǎo | to wither; withered, rotten, dead |
| 篙 | gāo | a pole used to punt a boat |
| 犒 | kào | victory feast; to throw a banquet |
| 缟 | gǎo | plain white silk |
| 暠 | gǎo | daybreak; brilliant, bright |
Words containing 搞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乱搞男女关系 | luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì | to be promiscuous; to sleep around |
| 恶搞文化 | è gǎo wén huà | spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humoro… |
| 有搞头 | yǒu gǎo tou | (coll.) worthwhile; likely to be fruitful |
| 搞花样儿 | gǎo huā yàng r | erhua variant of 搞花樣|搞花样[gao3 hua1 yang4] |
| 搞不好 | gǎo bu hǎo | (coll.) maybe; perhaps |
| 没搞头 | méi gǎo tou | (coll.) not worth bothering with; pointless |
| 搞乌龙 | gǎo wū lóng | to mess sth up |
| 搞花样 | gǎo huā yàng | to play tricks; to cheat; to deceive |
| 搞笑片 | gǎo xiào piàn | comedy film; comedy; CL:部[bu4] |
| 搞头 | gǎo tou | (coll.) likelihood of being worthwhile; cf. 有搞頭|有搞头[you3 gao3 tou5] and 沒搞頭|没搞头[mei2 gao3 … |
| 搞通 | gǎo tōng | to make sense of sth |
| 搞定 | gǎo dìng | to fix; to settle; to wangle |
| 搞基 | gǎo jī | (slang) to engage in male homosexual practices |
| 搞好 | gǎo hǎo | to do well at; to do a good job |
| 搞毛 | gǎo máo | (dialect) what are you doing?; what the hell? |
| 难搞 | nán gǎo | hard to deal with; hard to get along with |
| 搞活 | gǎo huó | to enliven; to invigorate; to revitalize |
| 搞钱 | gǎo qián | to make money |
| 恶搞 | è gǎo | spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satiri… |
| 搞鬼 | gǎo guǐ | to make mischief; to play tricks |